Călărași
Călărași is a town in Moldova, founded in 1848. Long ago, the word "călărași" meant "horsemen". The name of Călărași was inspired by a legend which tells that once, when Stephen III of Moldavia fought the Ottomans, he ordered a regiment of horsemen to stand guard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 16,100 residents
- Description: city in Moldova
- Also known as: “Calarasi”, “Calarasi Sat”, “Călărasi-Targ”, “Călărasi-Târg”, “Călărași, Moldova”, “Kalaras”, “Kalarash”, “Kałarasz”, “Kelerashi-Tyrg”, “Tuzara”, “Tuzora”, and “קאַלאַראַש”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Călăraşi railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tuzara and Nișcani.
Nișcani
Village
Photo: Анатолий Зубанюк, CC BY 3.0.
Nișcani is a village in Călărași District, Moldova. Nișcani is situated 2½ km northeast of Călărași.
Novaci
Village
Photo: Nicolai Chirnev, CC0.
Novaci is a village, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Călărași.
Călărași
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Călărași District, Moldova, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
47.25193° or 47° 15′ 7″ northLongitude
28.3178° or 28° 19′ 4″ eastPopulation
16,100Elevation
135 metres (443 feet)United Nations Location Code
MD CALOpen location code
8GVC7829+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 262635287OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yiddish—“Călărași” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կալարաշ”
- Armenian: “Կելերաշի”
- Asturian: “Călărași”
- Belarusian: “Кэлэраш”
- Bulgarian: “Кълъраш”
- Catalan: “Călărași”
- Cebuano: “Călăraşi (kapital sa distrito sa Moldabya)”
- Cebuano: “Călărași”
- Chechen: “Каларашин кӀошт (Молдова)”
- Chechen: “Каларашин кӀошт”
- Chinese: “克勒拉希”
- Chinese: “卡拉拉什”
- Dutch: “Călărași”
- Dutch: “Kalarash”
- Esperanto: “Călărași”
- Estonian: “Călărași (Moldova)”
- Estonian: “Călărași”
- Finnish: “Călărași (Moldova)”
- Finnish: “Călărași”
- French: “Calarasi”
- French: “Călărași”
- Georgian: “კელერაში”
- German: “Călărași”
- Hebrew: “קאלארשי”
- Hebrew: “קלראש”
- Hebrew: “קלראשי”
- Hebrew: “קלרש”
- Italian: “Călărași”
- Japanese: “カララシ”
- Korean: “컬러라시”
- Lithuanian: “Kelerašis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Călărași i Moldova”
- Polish: “Călăraşi”
- Polish: “Călărași”
- Polish: “Kałarasz”
- Portuguese: “Călăraşi”
- Portuguese: “Călărași”
- Romanian: “Călărasi-Târg”
- Romanian: “Călăraşi-Tîrg”
- Romanian: “Călărași-Tîrg”
- Romanian: “Călăraşi, Moldova”
- Romanian: “Călărași, Moldova”
- Romanian: “Călăraşi”
- Romanian: “Călărași”
- Romanian: “Кэлэрашь”
- Russian: “Калараш”
- Serbian: “Калараш”
- Serbian: “Калараши”
- Spanish: “Călăraşi”
- Spanish: “Călărași”
- Swedish: “Călăraşi (distriktshuvudort i Moldavien)”
- Swedish: “Călărași, Moldavien”
- Swedish: “Călărași”
- Tatar: “Кылыраши (Молдова)”
- Tatar: “Кылыраши”
- Thai: “เกอเลอรัช”
- Ukrainian: “Калараш”
- Ukrainian: “Келераш”
- Upper Sorbian: “Călărași”
- Upper Sorbian: “Kalaraši”
- Urdu: “کالاراشی، مالدووا”
- Welsh: “Călărași”
- Yiddish: “קאַלאַראַש”
- “Călărași”
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